Purushottama-samhita [sanskrit]

15,643 words | ISBN-13: 9788179070383

The Sanskrit text of the Purushottama-samhita, an ancient Vaishnava Agama, belonging to the Pancaratra tradition. Topics include the construction of temples, architecture, iconography, festivals (celebrations of deities and their exploits). Alternative titles: Puruṣottamasaṃhitā (पुरुषोत्तमसंहिता), Purushottamasamhita, Purusottamasamhita, Purusottama, Puruṣottama-saṃhitā (पुरुषोत्तम-संहिता), Śrīpuruṣottamasaṃhitā (श्रीपुरुषोत्तमसंहिता), Shripurushottamasamhita, Shripurushottama Sripurusottamasamhita, Sripurusottama.

Verse 16.7

वर्णरचना ।
पंचवर्णॆन चूर्णेन क्रमेणपरिपूरयेत् ।
प्राग्द्वारं श्वेतवर्णेन कृषेनैवतु दक्षिणं ॥ 7 ॥

varṇaracanā |
paṃcavarṇaॆna cūrṇena krameṇaparipūrayet |
prāgdvāraṃ śvetavarṇena kṛṣenaivatu dakṣiṇaṃ || 7 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 16.7 is contained in the book The Pancaratra Agamas (an Introduction) by Swami Harshananda. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (16.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Varna, Varnan, Racana, Curna, Kramena, Krama, Pari, Pragdvar, Pragdvara, Shvetavarna, Krish, Krisha, Krishi, Naiva, Dakshina,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 16.7). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “varṇaracanā
  • varṇa -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    varṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    varṇan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    varṇan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • racanā -
  • racanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ paṃcavarṇaॆna cūrṇena krameṇaparipūrayet
  • Cannot analyse *pañcavarṇaॆna*cū
  • cūrṇena -
  • cūrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    cūrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • krameṇa -
  • krameṇa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • pari -
  • pari (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    pari (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pari (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pari (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pari (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    parī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    parī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    parī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    pari (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • pūrayet -
  • pṝ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 3: “prāgdvāraṃ śvetavarṇena kṛṣenaivatu dakṣiṇaṃ
  • prāgdvāram -
  • prāgdvāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prāgdvāra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prāgdvārā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    prāgdvār (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • śvetavarṇena -
  • śvetavarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    śvetavarṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • kṛṣe -
  • kṛṣ (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    kṛṣ (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    kṛṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kṛṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kṛṣi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [present middle second single]
    kṛṣ (verb class 6)
    [present middle first single]
  • naiva -
  • naiva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • dakṣiṇam -
  • dakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dakṣiṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
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